What do you do with two rugby hacks who’ve been writing about Springbok rugby for three decades?

Well, you make them do a podcast of course.

Veteran journalists Liam del Carme and Brenden Nel are teaming up with AME (African Media Entertainment) to bring you “To the Last Drop”, where you’ll find them chewing the fat about the latest developments coming out of the Springbok set up.

And with the 2023 Rugby Championship about to kick off in a high stakes World Cup year, the timing is, as the French would say, “parfait” (Translation: “perfect”).

Nel and Del Carme have been covering the highs and lows of South Africa’s national rugby team, both locally and abroad, since the late 90’s – more than 50 years of writing between them! That’s a lot of high-octane green and gold action, both on the field and off it. With hundreds of stories that have either made it to publication or have been saved to be retold to a chosen few over a glass or two of wine. Okay, make that a bottle.

Speaking of which (and as the logo suggests), wine will be the injury time substitute on “Till the Last Drop”. Let’s face it, after covering over a hundred test matches AND some excruciating press conferences, these two grumpy scribes have come to know their way around South Africa’s wine offering and will be sharing that with you too.

AME CEO Dave Tiltmann says, “Building new audio properties is a priority, as this falls in line with our audio and digital strategies. Liam and Brendan are top flight rugby journalists, and we look forward to their weekly podcast coverage of the 2023 Rugby Championship and Rugby World Cup to be held in France in September and October of this year”.

“To the Last Drop” will be a once-a-week podcast starting on 6 of July 2023.

You can find it on:

Spotify

Apple

Google Play Music

If you would like to get in touch with either Liam or Brenden, you can do so via social media or email Neil Johnson: Neil@neiljohnson.co.za

Twitter:

@LiamDelCarme1

@Brendennel